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Churn-Power. (open access)

Churn-Power.

Patent for a new and improved motorized churn. This design "has for its object to provide a means for converting a rotary into a reciprocating movement and regulating the range of the reciprocating mechanism" (lines 15-18).
Date: February 24, 1880
Creator: Britain, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter to S. F. and J. B. Austin, June 24, 1827] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter to S. F. and J. B. Austin, June 24, 1827]

Copy of transcript for a letter to S. F. and J. B. Austin in which the sender provides news regarding the probate and, possible misadministration of the brothers' Grandfather Brown's estate; the well-being of acquaintances in Missouri; available land in Essex County, New Jersey; and a bill from Bartlett Sims that is due for collection.
Date: June 24, 1827
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from F. White, H. H. League, Thomas Davis, and Samuel M. Williams to Ramón Músquiz, January 24, 1828] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from F. White, H. H. League, Thomas Davis, and Samuel M. Williams to Ramón Músquiz, January 24, 1828]

Copy of transcript for a letter from F. White, H. H. League, Thomas Davis, and Samuel M. Williams to Ramón Músquiz, on January 24, 1828, declaring that the Texan army should be built from battalions based on the number of families in each colony.
Date: January 24, 1828
Creator: White, F.; League, H. H.; Davis, Thomas & Williams, Samuel M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin, December 24, 1829] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin, December 24, 1829]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin.
Date: December 24, 1829
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crossing for Railway-Tracks. (open access)

Crossing for Railway-Tracks.

Patent for incorporating durable gaps within railway-rails to improve performance, with illustrations.
Date: February 24, 1920
Creator: Thomas, Lester V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Charlotte Stokes, June 24, 2016 captions transcript

Oral History Interview with Charlotte Stokes, June 24, 2016

Mrs. Stokes was born and raised in Nacogdoches. She is the daughter of Arthur Weaver, the founder of the NAACP in Nacogdoches. She then became a teacher in Washington DC and St. Louis. She returned to Nacogdoches in the late 1970s, where she worked at Head Start. Retired now, she is active in civic organizations, particularly the annual Juneteenth celebration. In her interview, Mrs. Stokes describes her childhood in Nacogdoches, the difficulties of segregation, her father's activism, and the community activism she's been involved in in Nacogdoches since her return in the 1970s.
Date: June 24, 2016
Creator: Howard, Jasmine; May, Meredith & Stokes, Charlotte
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 4. The (Many) Failures of the Spaniards (ASL Interpretation) captions transcript

World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 4. The (Many) Failures of the Spaniards (ASL Interpretation)

American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish colonization in Texas, covering: (1) First Attempt of Missions, 1690-1693, (2) Second Attempt, 1716-1722, (3) Life on the Spanish Frontier, (4) Arrival of the Comanche, (5) Texas by 1800. Video contains picture-in-picture rendering of slides and original narration.
Date: 2018-08-24T11:08:18/2018-08-24T11:59:56
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 4. The (Many) Failures of the Spaniards captions transcript

World's Longest History Lesson: Unit 4. The (Many) Failures of the Spaniards

Video of Dr. Torget's lecture on Spanish colonization in Texas, covering: (1) First Attempt of Missions, 1690-1693, (2) Second Attempt, 1716-1722, (3) Life on the Spanish Frontier, (4) Arrival of the Comanche, (5) Texas by 1800.
Date: 2018-08-24T11:08:18/2018-08-24T11:59:56
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insertible Saw-Tooth. (open access)

Insertible Saw-Tooth.

Patent for an insertible saw tooth, which does not require the use of a separate holder.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Askins, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track-Laying Apparatus (open access)

Track-Laying Apparatus

Patent for a track laying apparatus to be adapted to a self-propelled car or truck. Illustrations included.
Date: October 24, 1911
Creator: Leon, Creed
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garden-Hoe Cultivator. (open access)

Garden-Hoe Cultivator.

Patent for "a combination garden hoe and cultivating implement ... which has a number of interchangeable working elements and ... can be quickly adjusted for use as a drill opener, solid sweep, hoe, or turning plow" (lines 12-20).
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Muckleroy, Allie B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Noise Deadening Means for Drain Pipes (open access)

Noise Deadening Means for Drain Pipes

Patent for a means by which to deaden disagreeable noise generated by draining water through metallic pipes possessing an outlet elbow. Illustration included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Wilson, Ben T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History